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 Post subject: shims::
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:00 pm 
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what size shims are the factory 1s in a ef xr6 still got a tapping noise in mine after putting the cam in and told i need shims but not sure wich 1s
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:08 pm 
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just go to a wrecker and get the rocker gear off another EF. pop the HLA's out of the rocker gear and use the shims

 

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 Post subject: Re: shims::
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:14 pm 
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coz i need another set so will putting that set ontop of the others it should be sweet yer?
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:16 pm 
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yeh. factory they have 1 shim in each rocker arm. when you put in a REGRIND cam you need to put another shim in. so there is 2 in each rocker arm. make sure they all get put back in the way they originally come out too

 

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 Post subject: Re: shims::
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:20 pm 
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aahh yer um i called ford and asked bout em im gonna just get a new set doesnt worry me only 80 bucks but they said there was 2 different 2s u know the size of the ones i actually need?
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:32 pm 
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EA's with the 3.9L motor had 14mm dia ones i think

EB-EL with the 4.0L motor had 11mmdia ones I think @ 1.9mm thick

EL Hyrbid runs AU overhead gear so not sure what they are...

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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:33 pm 
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oh and $80 seems like a rip off... I'd ring a wrecker and see what they want or better still if you have one of those pick-a-part ones go fetch em yourself and save even more...

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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:15 pm 
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screw paying 80 bucks!

wreckers my man

 

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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:23 pm 
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yer ill call some wreckers and see if not meh i dont care only 80 bucks
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:26 pm 
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as long as it gets rid of the noise and run smoother and better i dont care
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:52 pm 
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allright im pretty certain its 11mm for an EF i believe ED is too but before that is 14mm, my EB has 14mm and a friend of mine has an ED and that had 11mm shims, as far as i know ford dont even make the 14mm ones anymore, id recommend going to a wrecker though, i scored a set for $2 :P

 

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